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Comprehensive P! gin Transportation Element <br />startc , and the federal government have purchasc d hundreds of I mares on the nor h t arric r island <br />f6r conservation puirploses. This landwill have aero density. <br />A third rceison hurricane cvacuailion cleararice times will remain adcquatc :is thal many of the <br />new units ilo be constructed on the ricirth baniier island will be in developmcrits lake )hlindsor and <br />Orchid, whiah t ave a t igh number cif lseasonal rc s:idents. Many of iIhese property ciwncrs will not <br />be in res:idencc rior aontritLite ilo the evaeLiation popuilation during iIhe peak hurricane season of <br />late summer aric early fall. The final reason iIhat futurc hurricane evacuation clearance times will <br />be adequale is that the Merrill Barter Bridgc improvement provided significant acdit:iorial <br />e vaeua tion capacity. <br />One additional assurariae That huiniicarie evacuation needs wild not increase 1:N 2030 2444 is hart <br />1 he Aul ure Land Use Element and the C oasts' I Manage me r d Elc m ent of thi s play i proh it it any <br />inarease in allowable density or inlensiq for land willhin the designatcc coasllal tigh hazard area. <br />'lhese clements also prohibiil nursing home tNpe ftiaillit:ies in 1he coastall high taaard area. While <br />iIhese policy initiatives cnsure iIhat the art -risk evacuation ploplulation will not increase <br />significantly anc thall evacLiatic[n facilillies will remain adequate, llhe acuinty shoullc cons:icer <br />evaeLation routes as priorities when awarding fUrcing fdr new infrasilruictLlre such as roadway <br />widening aric I'M projects. <br />C oncurrency <br />One of the noes-imporant issLies wilh respect to the timing cif ttransportation improvcmemis is <br />Concurrency. C oncLrrency is a principle established by the startc's 19f1-`1 Ilocal Government <br />Comprehensive Alannirig and Band Development RegLdailion Act, whish wais relaxed at tte stale <br />;levell in 2011 and remains a local rcgLirement. Aeeordifig to the pfevisiejis of the Aet, <br />prejee-t-unless -Generally, concu:rrenay rcgUirements togother with effeatiwc capilal projuats <br />pllannir g and implemantalion cirisurci thal ltha services and ftiaillitias net ded to eiacommodate tit <br />a devolopmort projact arc availat le concurrcrit with the projciat's impaals. Tlhe C apital <br />mprovemants element ofltt is plan estalblishc s the County's acmaurrenciN management s}lstem. <br />Of all iIhe faaillitias subject to 1he acnaurrenay requiramarit, transportation is the most imiportanil. <br />11 is transplortation sysilam ceifieieneies, more so than problems with othar concurrency faaillitias, <br />That Lave baan responsible for afll;crting cavelopment project <br />rc v Jews arc approvals thraughaul the staltc . <br />Over tt e years, tt ei sll ata changec tt ei oonaurre ncy law tc make tha transportal ion concurrency <br />ragUirements mora f exibla. Besides cstalblishiingl saveral f exib:le transportation concurrency <br />opt ions applicable under aerta in conditions, tN eire ara the state alse medined timeframe <br />o Tions for when development projacil required transporation facilities MUM be availlabla to <br />comply with tha concurrency raquirememl. C urrent st4e hew a local ooncurrciricy <br />rcgL lations allow development plrc jecls to be approved subjaat ilo a auric it:ion thall the necessary <br />fbicillitias needed to serve new developmcrit are sahedullad to ba in place or under actual <br />cc[nstrUation not more than three years after :issuance of a building permit -cr its fiariat:iorial <br />agUivallant. <br />Community) Development Deparlment Indian River County <br />109 <br />AHPENDIN A - Trarisporteition Amendments <br />